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augmentation
English
Etymology
From Middle English augmentation, augmentacion, augmentacioun, from Old French augmentacion, from Latin augment?ti?, verbal noun from augment? (“increase”, verb).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
augmentation (countable and uncountable, plural augmentations)
- The act or process of augmenting.
- (heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
- (medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
- (medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
- (music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
- (Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
Related terms
- augmentative
- augmented
- auxiliary
- diminution
Translations
References
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
Anagrams
- Mountain Gate
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin augment?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /o?.m??.ta.sj??/
Noun
augmentation f (plural augmentations)
- An increase, a raise
- Synonym: hausse
- Antonyms: diminution, baisse
- A pay raise
Related terms
- augmenter
Further reading
- “augmentation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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enlargement
English
Etymology
enlarge +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?l??(?)d??m?nt/
Noun
enlargement (countable and uncountable, plural enlargements)
- An act or instance of making something larger.
- (figuratively) A making more obvious or serious; exacerbation.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- Bathsheba underwent the enlargement of her husband's absence from hours to days with a slight feeling of surprise, and a slight feeling of relief; yet neither sensation rose at any time far above the level commonly designated as indifference.
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd, 2005 Barnes & Noble Classics publication of 1912 Wessex edition, p.337
- An image, particularly a photograph, that has been enlarged.
- (obsolete) Freedom from confinement; liberty.
- Diffuseness of speech or writing; a speaking at length.
- 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
- Briefly, a discourse generally consists in some prefatory remarks which pave the way as it were for the enlargement upon which a speaker usually enters when he speaks to any purpose.
- 1897, Peter Joseph Cooke, Forensic Eloquence (page 40)
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